Post-Mortem on Pillow

c. 1855

Maker Unknown

Photography

Post-Mortem on Pillow, c. 1855. America, 19th century. Ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate; image: 7 x 8.3 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); case: 8 x 9.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in.); matted: 48.3 x 61 cm (19 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 2003.294

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate
Medium: ambrotype, tinted, sixth, plate
Dimensions: Image: 7 x 8.3 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Case: 8 x 9.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in.); Matted: 48.3 x 61 cm (19 x 24 in.)
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2003.294
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Exhibitions: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
Rights Statement: CC0